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Origen’s Understanding of Genesis 1:1–5
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Ronald Heine
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9. Juli 2022
Abstract
This essay addresses two key questions that Origen raised about the creation story: the nature of the heaven and earth referred to in Gen 1:1, and the identity of the abyss and the darkness mentioned in Gen 1:2. It argues that he understood the heaven and earth of Gen 1:1 to refer to an immaterial plan for creation conceived and held in God’s Wisdom, and that the abyss and darkness refer to the realm of Satan and the demonic elements. It suggests that Origen’s understanding, at least about the second set of questions, had shifted in his later thinking from what it was earlier.
Published Online: 2022-07-09
Published in Print: 2022-07-26
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- Titelseiten
- Aufsätze
- Editorial
- Preface
- Genesis 1 in theBook of Jubilees
- Genesis 1 and the Beginnings of Gnosticism
- The Unknown Gnostic Text of Deir el-Balaizah
- Origen’s Understanding of Genesis 1:1–5
- Eusebius on “Double Creation” (Praeparatio evangelica 11,23–25)
- Basil: Philosophical Literacy Meets Biblical Literalism?
- The Influence of Plotinus on Basil of Caesarea’s Homiliae in hexaemeron
- Basil’s Knowledge of Astronomy
- Creation of the Universe and Creation of Man in Cyril of Alexandria’s Early Works on the Pentateuch
- Rezensionen
- Nienke M. Vos and Albert C. Geljon, eds.:Rituals in Early Christianity. New Perspectives on Tradition and Transformation, Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae 164, Leiden (Brill) 2021, XII + 363 pp. + 16 illustrations, ISBN 978-90-04-44097-5, € 25,–; $ 25,– (hardback).
- David G. Hunter: Marriage and Sexuality in Early Christianity, Ad Fontes: Sources of Early Christian Thought 5, Minneapolis (Fortress Press) 2018, ISBN 978-1-5064 - 4593-9; xiii + 272 S., $ 24.00
- Piet Hein Hupsch:The Glory of the Spirit in Gregory of Nyssa’s Adversus Macedonianos. Commentary and Systematic-Theological Synthesis, Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae 163, Leiden (Brill) 2020, 408 pp., ISBN 978-90-04-42227-8, € 138,–.
- Matthieu Pignot:The Catechumenate in Late Antique Africa (4th–6th Centuries). Augustine of Hippo, His Contemporaries and Early Reception, Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae 162, Leiden/Boston (Brill) 2020, 414 S., ISBN 978-90-04-43189-8, € 132,–; $ 159,–.
- Gina Derhard: Dynamiken der Briefform bei Hieronymus, Orbis antiquus 56, Münster (Aschendorff) 2021, 375 S., ISBN 978-3-402-14467-1, € 53,–.
- Aaron M. Butts/Kristian S. Heal/Robert A. Kitchen, eds.:Narsai. Rethinking his Work and his World, Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum 121, Tübingen (Mohr Siebeck) 2020, 290 S., ISBN 978-3-16-159349-9/eISBN 978-3-16-159808-1, € 89,–.
- Musa Aktas:Die Christologie des Philoxenus von Mabbug. Studien zu den drei Traktaten über die Trinität und die Menschwerdung des Gott Logos mit Edition und Übersetzung des syrischen Textes, Göttinger Orientforschungen. Syriaca 57, Wiesbaden (Harrassowitz) 2020, XVI + 674 pp., ISBN 978-3-447-11427-1, € 98,–.
Schlagwörter für diesen Artikel
creation;
incorporeal;
world;
beginning;
Wisdom;
preexistent;
abyss;
demonic;
darkness
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Titelseiten
- Aufsätze
- Editorial
- Preface
- Genesis 1 in theBook of Jubilees
- Genesis 1 and the Beginnings of Gnosticism
- The Unknown Gnostic Text of Deir el-Balaizah
- Origen’s Understanding of Genesis 1:1–5
- Eusebius on “Double Creation” (Praeparatio evangelica 11,23–25)
- Basil: Philosophical Literacy Meets Biblical Literalism?
- The Influence of Plotinus on Basil of Caesarea’s Homiliae in hexaemeron
- Basil’s Knowledge of Astronomy
- Creation of the Universe and Creation of Man in Cyril of Alexandria’s Early Works on the Pentateuch
- Rezensionen
- Nienke M. Vos and Albert C. Geljon, eds.:Rituals in Early Christianity. New Perspectives on Tradition and Transformation, Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae 164, Leiden (Brill) 2021, XII + 363 pp. + 16 illustrations, ISBN 978-90-04-44097-5, € 25,–; $ 25,– (hardback).
- David G. Hunter: Marriage and Sexuality in Early Christianity, Ad Fontes: Sources of Early Christian Thought 5, Minneapolis (Fortress Press) 2018, ISBN 978-1-5064 - 4593-9; xiii + 272 S., $ 24.00
- Piet Hein Hupsch:The Glory of the Spirit in Gregory of Nyssa’s Adversus Macedonianos. Commentary and Systematic-Theological Synthesis, Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae 163, Leiden (Brill) 2020, 408 pp., ISBN 978-90-04-42227-8, € 138,–.
- Matthieu Pignot:The Catechumenate in Late Antique Africa (4th–6th Centuries). Augustine of Hippo, His Contemporaries and Early Reception, Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae 162, Leiden/Boston (Brill) 2020, 414 S., ISBN 978-90-04-43189-8, € 132,–; $ 159,–.
- Gina Derhard: Dynamiken der Briefform bei Hieronymus, Orbis antiquus 56, Münster (Aschendorff) 2021, 375 S., ISBN 978-3-402-14467-1, € 53,–.
- Aaron M. Butts/Kristian S. Heal/Robert A. Kitchen, eds.:Narsai. Rethinking his Work and his World, Studien und Texte zu Antike und Christentum 121, Tübingen (Mohr Siebeck) 2020, 290 S., ISBN 978-3-16-159349-9/eISBN 978-3-16-159808-1, € 89,–.
- Musa Aktas:Die Christologie des Philoxenus von Mabbug. Studien zu den drei Traktaten über die Trinität und die Menschwerdung des Gott Logos mit Edition und Übersetzung des syrischen Textes, Göttinger Orientforschungen. Syriaca 57, Wiesbaden (Harrassowitz) 2020, XVI + 674 pp., ISBN 978-3-447-11427-1, € 98,–.
